• Director(s)

    Ari Aster

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    172m

  • Cast

    Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, Nathan Lane

Film

Beau Is Afraid

strong threat, violence, sex, drug misuse, language, nudity, injury detail

A man in a catastrophic mental episode attempts to make it to his mother's funeral in this dark comedy which is unsettling, psychological and at times brutal. The film's caustic wit helps lighten some of the stronger issues.…

A man in a catastrophic mental episode attempts to make it to his mother's funeral in this dark comedy which is unsettling, psychological and at times brutal. The film's caustic wit helps lighten some of the stronger issues.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

  • Director(s)

    Ari Aster

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    172m

  • Cast

    Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, Nathan Lane

strong threat, violence, sex, drug misuse, language, nudity, injury detail
Classified Date:
06/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
violence
There are sequences containing strong violence, including when a man is stabbed repeatedly in the hand with a knife, resulting in bloody detail, recurring sight of a man aggressively pressing his thumbs into the eyes of another man, and a man being repeatedly shot resulting in large spurts of blood.
threat and horror
There are frequent scenes of threat in which characters are frightened by or are in danger from aggressive individuals meaning them harm. In one such prolonged scene, a man runs from a character wielding a knife, before being held at gunpoint by another who threatens to shoot him, and in another sequence, a man fights with a fantastical monster who impales him with an insect-like leg.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’) as well as milder terms including ‘f**k’, ‘cock’ and ‘whore’.
sex
A man and woman have sex in a strong scene featuring breast and buttock nudity. Moderate sex references including remarks about virginity and ejaculation.
discrimination
There is infrequent use of a discriminatory term (‘faggot’).
drugs
There is brief solvent abuse, which causes fatality for the user. Characters smoke joints, and it is suggested the drugs have been laced with other unnamed substances. A character misuses prescription medication.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Young boys go through a women's dirty laundry, sniffing and stealing her underwear. A character makes an unrealistic comment about a school teacher desiring her teenage friend.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to suicide, including a man's apparent intentions to jump from the roof of a building.
injury detail
Sight of strong injury detail includes blood spurts during moments of violent, a close up shot of a man's stitched together but bleeding wound, and the head of a corpse being run over and crushed by a car.
nudity
There is strong nudity, including sight of a man's testicles, and crude images or visual allusions to erect male genitalia.
rude humour
There is mild rude humour, including a crude drawing of a man urinating, and a man vomiting all over a laptop.
theme
There is mild emotional upset, including when a character grieves the death of a loved one.
strong threat, violence, sex, drug misuse, language, nudity, injury detail
Classified Date:
13/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
SPHE VOD
violence
There are sequences containing strong violence, including when a man is stabbed repeatedly in the hand with a knife, resulting in bloody detail, recurring sight of a man aggressively pressing his thumbs into the eyes of another man, and a man being repeatedly shot resulting in large spurts of blood.
threat and horror
There are frequent scenes of threat in which characters are frightened by or are in danger from aggressive individuals meaning them harm. In one such prolonged scene, a man runs from a character wielding a knife, before being held at gunpoint by another who threatens to shoot him, and in another sequence, a man fights with a fantastical monster who impales him with an insect-like leg.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’) as well as milder terms including ‘f**k’, ‘cock’ and ‘whore’.
sex
A man and woman have sex in a strong scene featuring breast and buttock nudity. Moderate sex references including remarks about virginity and ejaculation.
discrimination
There is infrequent use of a discriminatory term (‘faggot’).
drugs
There is brief solvent abuse, which causes fatality for the user. Characters smoke joints, and it is suggested the drugs have been laced with other unnamed substances. A character misuses prescription medication.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Young boys go through a women's dirty laundry, sniffing and stealing her underwear. A character makes an unrealistic comment about a school teacher desiring her teenage friend.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to suicide, including a man's apparent intentions to jump from the roof of a building.
injury detail
Sight of strong injury detail includes blood spurts during moments of violent, a close up shot of a man's stitched together but bleeding wound, and the head of a corpse being run over and crushed by a car.
nudity
There is strong nudity, including sight of a man's testicles, and crude images or visual allusions to erect male genitalia.
rude humour
There is mild rude humour, including a crude drawing of a man urinating, and a man vomiting all over a laptop.
theme
There is mild emotional upset, including when a character grieves the death of a loved one.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
Classified Date:
14/04/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.

  • Classified date

    13/06/2023

  • Language

    English